Kimberly Williams

Poet

LAWSON, ACT
Australia
Australian Capital Territory AU

Author's Bio

Kimberly K. Williams is the author of three books of poetry, Finally, the Moon, published by Stephen F. Austin State Universitiy Press (2017) and Sometimes a Woman, published by Recent Work Press (2021). Her third book of poems, Still Lives was published in September 2022 from Life Before Man Press (NSW--imprint of Gazebo Books) and won the Canberra Critics Award. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UTEP and an MA in English from Case Western Reserve University. She is currently completing her PhD from University of Canberra, where she also serves as the curator of the Manning Clark House Poetry Reading Series. She is originally from Detroit, Michigan.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Still Lives (Gazebo Books, 2022)
,
Sometimes a Woman (Recent Work Press, 2021)
,
Finally, the Moon (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2017)
Prizes won: 

2022 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Writing (for Still Lives)

2022 WILLA Literary Award in Poetry (for Sometimes a Woman)

2012 Bright Harvest Prize (Aquarius Press) 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Peekskill, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Detroit, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Feb 10, 2023